Sentence examples for amendments take from inspiring English sources

Georgia remains a presidential republic for another year, when constitutional amendments take effect.

Not-fighting talk Much pain, little gain ReprintsAK has been steadily trimming the army's powers since taking power in 2002, and many of the proposed amendments take aim at the generals: coup plotters will henceforth be tried in civilian courts and civilians will no longer be tried in military ones.

With Congress under pressure to grant the government even broader powers of surveillance, will the First and Fourth Amendments take a greater beating than Afghanistan?

In other times, it's not that unusual for governments to lose votes on amendments, take stock and then alter their legislation.

He added that the military council's members were appointed by the deposed president, and one of their newly declared amendments took the power to name new members away from the next president.

Last week, the two votes aimed at ending the first group of amendments took more than half an hour.

Protest votes on various funding amendments took place to make some sort of statement, but failed to have much of a larger impact.

The fight over the Cooper Church Amendments took its toll on Cooper's health, and he was briefly hospitalized to regain his strength.

Many gun owners I know, especially those who are most passionate about defending the Second Amendment, take pride in reminding others that they are law-abiding.

The 17th Amendment took effect in 1913.

The Fifth Amendment takes care of that without a statute.